Human Resource Management and Labour Law

About this programme

The Master's degree programme in Human Resource Management and Labour Law is ideal for active or prospective professionals in HR positions at companies and non-profit organisations. Whether you work in recruiting, personnel development, HR administration or as an HR generalist, or aspire to this career - this degree programme offers you solid business management expertise in human resources with an in-depth focus on employment law, making you highly attractive for the HR sector. On the Human Resource degree programme, you will study strategic HR management, HR development, recruiting, HR process and data management, compensation management and workplace design at Master's level in the core modules. As part of the latest degree programme reform, numerous new HR-relevant areas such as diversity management, employee protection, occupational health management, change management and employer branding have also been added. In the area of practical skills, you will demonstrate and train how to conduct job interviews and annual appraisals, negotiate, use assessment procedures, conduct interviews in the context of personnel management, international and intercultural business behaviour, conduct job interviews in English and German, and give talks and presentations in virtual and real environments. In labour law, you will deal with individual and collective labour law and in the third semester you will have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge of international HR law (secondment management, tax aspects of secondments, ...) and related legal issues such as employment of disabled